174 ORCHARDS. 



following varieties are recommended by experienced fruit 

 growers, in the States of North and South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Alabama, Mississippi, &c., most of Northern apples failing in 

 keeping qualities. * 



Berry. Large, green, with red stripes ; Winter. 



BlacksJiear. Very large, white ; Winter. 



Buckingham. Large, crimson ; Autumn. 



Carter. Large, yellow ; Winter. 



Chestattee. Large, yellow ; Winter. 



Cullasaga. Ljfrge, red ; Winter. 



Dalilonega. Large ; Autumn. 



Disharoon. Large, yellow; Autumn. 



Ducket. Winter. 



Equinitely. Large, red, fine quality ; late Fall and Winter. 



Hominy. Medium size^ red ; Summer ; identical with Sops 

 of Wine. 



Julian. Medium size, yellow ; summer. 



3Iaverick Sweet. Large, red, sweet ; Winter. 



Mangum. Medium size; Autumn. 



McCloucVs Family. Summer. 



Nickajack. Very large, dull red ; Winter. 



Red Wamir. Very large, red; Winter; very long keeper. 



Red Fall Pippin. Large, dark red ; Autumn. 



-fShocklcy. Medium size, yellow and red ; a long keeper 



* Nearly all Winter apples commence to be in eating condition in the 

 latitude of Athens, Georgia, in October, and if carefully put a^vay, in a 

 cool, airy room, free from severe frost, much the larger can be kept 

 through the Winter, and some varieties keep well through the Spring. 

 Apples may be preserved at a temperature just above freezing for many 

 months without the least decay. At a temperature of .80° the best of 

 Winter apples in tight barrels, will spoil in a few days. 



t This splendid new apple, ("so highly colored they look like pic- 

 tures") originated with Mr, Shockley, of Jackson county. North Caro- 

 lina. Its f)opularity is unbounded in that region. The editor of the 

 Carolina Farmer and Weekly Star says ' " We have no personal ac- 

 quaintance with the Shockley apple, but the specimens we have are yet 

 in perfect preservation this, 6th day of August, and are only a little 

 shrivelled, but of a color so intense that they look to be almost too arti- 

 ficial. Mr. AV. H. Thurmorid, whose reputation as a horticulturist makes 

 him first rate authority, tells us that he has known two Shockleys which 

 were preserved two years." 



Any number of Shockleys can be had at the " Gate City Nursery,''^ 

 whose advertisement' is standing in the Plantation^ a valuable journal 

 published at Atlanta, Georgia. 



